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Book Cover: Pygmonia: In search of the secret land of the Pygmies
Pygmonia: In search of the secret land of the Pygmies
By Peter McAllister

 

 

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Published: 30/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780702236914
RRP: $34.95
Book Cover: What is History?: Popular Penguins
What is History?: Popular Penguins
By E. H. Carr
E. H. Carr's What Is History? is the classic introduction to the theory of history. Exploding the Victorian myth of history as a simple record of fact, Carr draws on sources from Nietzsche to Herodotus to argue for a more subtle definition of history as 'an unending dialogue between the present and the past'. Lively, scholarly and challenging, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in...
E. H. Carr's What Is History? is the classic introduction to the theory of history. Exploding the Victorian myth of history as a simple record of fact, Carr draws on sources from Nietzsche to Herodotus...
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Published: 01/09/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141037738
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: What Is History?
What Is History?
By E. H. Carr

'Simply to show how it really was'
Ranke, stating what he considered the proper aim of the historian, filled generations of historians after him with a burning zeal for objectivity.

'Simply to show how it really was'
Ranke, stating what he considered the proper aim of the historian, filled generations of historians after him with a burning zeal for objectivity.

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Published: 01/07/1991
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140135848
RRP: $22.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

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